I have demoing riverplay boats for a few weeks now. I am 5'10" 165 lbs. I have paddled the Wavesport EZG 50 ( Good play but squirly river runner), Wavesport Fuse 56, Jackson Fun ( Good play but a little stern squirly in harder water), Jackson Classic Fun ( cool but small), Liquid Logic CR125 Too big for me and spin disk hull did not track well for me), and the Pyranha Recoil M. The Fuse 56 is a big boat. At my weight it was a great river runner but too much for me to play in. It's wide end to end and required a little extra effort to roll. It really shined on a wave though. I decided against it becouse of the size. The Recoil was also a great river runner. I never got tripped up on eddy lines or squirly water. Never got back ended and was real comfortable. Overall good river runner and still small enough to play. I liked it best as it was sized better for my weight. I had heard the connect 30 was not so great but I liked it. Paddle them all if you can. It's amazing how much differently boats about the same size paddle.